It’s back! After a one-year hiatus, the popular event Colonial Invasion is making a return to the GW campus. The event, which was cut last year due to the over $900,000 in budget cuts, will be returning thanks in part to the successful lobbying of the SA.
The event will take place on October 26th and [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 30, 2007
Hail to the Buff & Blue!
September 27, 2007
Friday Night Live!
Hey you! You’d better come to the Mitchell Theater on Friday. Why? Because we’re hosting a monthly concert series with Program Board.
Tomorrow will be the first Friday Night Live of the semester with popular headliner, Jukebox the Ghost. Jukebox is a local DC band made up of GW grads. According to their Myspace, the band [...]
September 27, 2007
A Conversation with Capp
Student Association President Nicole Capp joined the news team last Tuesday afternoon to update GW about the progress of the organization. Capp spoke about the newfound advocacy of the Student Association, as well as events around campus.
Capp shed light on the recent controversy regarding the GW FEED program and the legislation that she vetoed that [...]
September 27, 2007
Couric Packs Crowd at Kalb Report
They may have sold out in only five hours, but for those lucky enough to get a ticket, Katie Couric joined Marvin Kalb on Tuesday night for a discussion on democracy and the press.
Kalb focused their conversation on Couric’s recent trip to Iraq. The CBS anchor was able to share her opinions on the war, [...]
September 26, 2007
SA Student Fee Referendum Fails
Yesterday, the SA held a special election in hopes of giving student orgs more money by increasing the student fee. The proposed referendum failed by a small margin – 51.85% opposed and 48.14% were in favor with only 7.3% of the student body voting.
The current fee was established around 1990 when GW still had a [...]
September 25, 2007
Invasion of the Greeks
Calling all GW guys – Fall rush has begun! Rush for Fraternities started on Monday, September 24th and continue thorough October 6th. For girls, sorority recruitment is October 4th through October 9th. GW has 32 nationally recognized fraternities and sororities as well as three fraternities that are unaffiliated with the university.
The percentage of students involved [...]